Dreaming Out Loud (...or Online)

About a month ago, I woke up with a thought:

What if I had one million dollars?

I continued thinking. What would I do with it? Here's what I came up with. My life really wouldn't change, but more of my dreams would get accomplished.

1) I'd pay off the rest of the money I owe on my car and my credit card.

2) I'd buy a big house in Willmar, Minnesota, and then make rooms available for some of the young men who come through the Joppa ministry. I really have a desire to help young men get roots planted in this community so they can be leaders and make a difference in the area.

I would charge little or no rent (to cover some cost and teach financial responsibility) and help people get on their feet and established. It's easier to help others when you're not struggling to stay afloat. The house would host studies and be an accountability house to disciple and teach (No alcohol, no drugs. Discipline and structure and rules to follow).

3) I would no longer take a monthly check from Joppa, but rather look at how we could expand on some long-term goals we've had as a ministry.

4) I'd do another album, exactly the way I want it to sound. There's a lot of music and ideas in this head, and a few more goals I have in that area, and I'd love to create something that touches people musically.

5) I would keep my job working as a PCA with a six-year old. I enjoy helping him.

6) I would probably take a trip. I've wanted to see Italy. The canals of Venice. The architecture and history in Rome. And I may stumble into a few other historic sites in Europe as long as I was across the pond.

There are some other ideas and thoughts that are floating through this head, too, but this is essentially what I came up with that morning when this first popped into my mind. The comforting thing is that I'm already doing most of this stuff (minus the travel and home ownership) on some level, with limited resources. I find comfort and joy in that, as I feel like I'm doing what God's calling me to do.

So, if you happen to have a million dollars just laying around that I could have....